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The Days of Ziad Hafiz Razak

"How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives." – Annie Dillard

Category: Haiku

Posted on 9 December, 20259 December, 2025

#859 On Falling Asleep to a Love Song

A plaintive love song
Wafts through the air, fills the room
As sleep drowns my sight.
Posted on 8 December, 2025

#858 On This Perfect Bundle

A perfect bundle 
Of fur and purrs and promise:
My little Kati.
Posted on 7 December, 20254 December, 2025

#857 On Her Soft Purr

The room is silent
Except for the soft purr of
A somnolent cat.
Posted on 3 December, 20251 December, 2025

#853 On The Fog of Time

The fog of Time masks
Our futures from our poor selves
We know not what waits.
Posted on 25 November, 2025

#845 On Mother’s Pride

In her twinkling eyes,
Behold: the fruits of her Love,
Her sons, Mother’s pride.
Posted on 24 November, 202524 November, 2025

#844 On Darkness

In fret, dejected
In sadness, disconsolate
Darkness defeats me.
Posted on 22 November, 2025

#842 On Performative Games

We jump through these hoops
For what? Why do we play these
Performative games?
Posted on 14 November, 202512 November, 2025

#834 On Leadership as a Means of Upholding and Uplifting Human Dignity

Heap praise in public
And reprimand in private:
Preserve dignity!
Posted on 10 November, 2025

#830 On Corporate Meetings

Highly paid men stand
Around a table to play
Abstruse language games.
Posted on 8 November, 20259 November, 2025

#828 On This Bronze Bastet

Eyes, paws raised up high,
A prayer for Benevolence:
Bastet cast in bronze.

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